# Axel Andersson Lingbert

> Axel Andersson Lingbert is COO and co-founder of Zaplar, a Y Combinator Summer 2026 company building an AI-native hotel operating system. His public background includes hotel and restaurant work, engineering mathematics studies at Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering, which he left before completing, and co-leading an anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing group at a major Swedish bank. His public writing connects hotel automation with giving staff more time to develop relationships with guests.

- **Role:** COO & Co-founder at Zaplar
- **Organizations:** Zaplar
- **Education:** Engineering Mathematics MSc programme; left before completion, Lund University, Faculty of Engineering (LTH), Y Combinator
- **Known for:** Co-founded Zaplar, a Y Combinator Summer 2026 company., Co-led an anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing group at a major Swedish bank.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Worked in hotels and restaurants, including breakfast, reception, bar and maintenance at a ski hotel in Austria.
- **—** — Studied engineering mathematics at Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering; left before completing.
- **—** — Co-led an AML and CTF group at a major Swedish bank.
- **2026** — Co-founded Zaplar with Douglas Solberg, Jon Milles and Oscar Karlströmer.
- **2026** — Zaplar joined Y Combinator’s Summer 2026 batch.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Zaplar, a Y Combinator Summer 2026 company.
- Co-led an anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing group at a major Swedish bank.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Zaplar announced entry into YC S26 and $500,000 from YC plus $320,000 from Nyman Holding and Michael Ingelög.
- **2026-07** — Zaplar published an account of in-person hotel visits involving Axel.
- **2026-09** — In a post following Demo Day, Axel described himself and Zaplar as YC alumni and highlighted the team’s shared time in San Francisco.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/axel-andersson-lingbert

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Last updated: 2026-10-14